marco rubio released a statement that reads in part. i the president's bill would be dead on arrival in congress, leaving us with up secured borders and a broken illegal immigration system for years to come. the he white house chief of says the president wants to be prepared with a backup plan in case that bipartisan group of lawmakers fails to come up with something. not that washington ever fails to come up with anything. don't get me wrong. we're live on the north lawn at the white house this afternoon. a leak, a trial balloon? reporter: folks say day were surprised what they characterized as an early draft was leaked. they reached out to senators on both sides of the aisle to tell them but some republicans aren't buying it, senator john mccain suggests the leak was planned. senator rand paul of kentucky says he is not convinced the president wants to sign a immigration reform bill. >> people don't ever really want to pass them because they would no longer have the republicans to blame. so they set themselves up for failure by puttin